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50 Percent Price Gap Between European and Chinese Solar Modules

50 Percent Price Gap Between European and Chinese Solar Modules

Shyam Mehta: March 7, 2013

If modules are a commodity, why are price spreads expanding?

Does Google Know About Green Button?

Does Google Know About Green Button?

Katherine Tweed: February 26, 2013

Why Google’s PowerMeter may never reappear

Guest Post: Ernest Moniz Has the Right Stuff for the DOE Top Post

Guest Post: Ernest Moniz Has the Right Stuff for the DOE Top Post

Steve Geiger: February 26, 2013

Right stuff, wrong hair—a defense of the Obama pick for DOE Secretary

Guest Post: President Obama Doesn’t Know How to Deploy New Energy

Guest Post: President Obama Doesn’t Know How to Deploy New Energy

Jigar Shah: February 25, 2013

Jigar Shah weighs in on the nomination of Ernest Moniz as the Secretary of Energy.

Guest Post: The Future of Energy, Part I

Guest Post: The Future of Energy, Part I

Tam Hunt: February 5, 2013

Why official oil production forecasts are probably wrong

Guest Analysis: Super Bowl Power Outage Shines a Bad Light on HID Lighting

Guest Analysis: Super Bowl Power Outage Shines a Bad Light on HID Lighting

Jon Guerster: February 4, 2013

The Super Bowl power outage may actually have been a commercial in disguise—for LEDs and fluorescent lighting.

Guest Post: California Utilities Are Fighting Solar Progress

Guest Post: California Utilities Are Fighting Solar Progress

Adam Browning: January 30, 2013

Adam Browning of Vote Solar suggests that utilities really don’t appreciate solar power.

Guest Post: Brad Mattson on the ‘Real’ Birth of the Solar Industry

Guest Post: Brad Mattson on the ‘Real’ Birth of the Solar Industry

Brad Mattson: January 29, 2013

...and the beginning of Solar 2.0.

Guest Post: Obama Can Tackle Climate Change and Energy Independence in His Second Term

Guest Post: Obama Can Tackle Climate Change and Energy Independence in His Second Term

Tam Hunt: January 28, 2013

Here’s how.

Guest Post: Solar Financing Explained

Guest Post: Solar Financing Explained

David Lowman, Jorge Medina: January 23, 2013

Solar assets are valued very much the same way that any income-producing property is valued: based on the income that the property will generate.

Guest Post: Disparities in EV Battery Philosophy and Tesla’s Hidden Advantage

Guest Post: Disparities in EV Battery Philosophy and Tesla’s Hidden Advantage

Rob Sweney: January 21, 2013

Tesla’s battery management system approach versus the OEM mindset at Chevy, Nissan, Fisker and A123

Guest Post: The Future of Energy Management in Commercial Buildings

Guest Post: The Future of Energy Management in Commercial Buildings

Michael Murray: January 17, 2013

Industry experts make predictions for 2013.

Guest Post: Why Is Net Metering Under Attack?

Guest Post: Why Is Net Metering Under Attack?

Susannah Churchill: January 15, 2013

The utilities’ net metering math doesn’t add up.

Can One Project Redefine Power Delivery?

Can One Project Redefine Power Delivery?

Katherine Tweed: January 10, 2013

The Pacific Northwest demonstration project begins its ambitious price-based power control system.

Letter From the Desert: The Rise of Solar in the United Arab Emirates

Letter From the Desert: The Rise of Solar in the United Arab Emirates

Steve Griffiths: January 8, 2013

An energy transition in the Middle East and North Africa?